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MPEC 2010-Q44 : 2010 QE2

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M.P.E.C. 2010-Q44                                Issued 2010 Aug. 31, 21:15 UT

     The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual
         minor planets and routine data on comets.  They are published
   on behalf of Commission 20 of the International Astronomical Union by the
          Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
                          Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.

             Prepared using the Tamkin Foundation Computer Network

                              MPC@CFA.HARVARD.EDU
       URL http://www.minorplanetcenter.org/iau/mpc.html  ISSN 1523-6714

                                   2010 QE2

Observations:
     K10Q02E* S2010 08 25.19269 05 34 23.17 -60 02 58.2          19   R EQ044C51
     K10Q02E  s2010 08 25.19269 1 + 2346.1743 + 2531.3534 - 5991.8456   EQ044C51
     K10Q02E  S2010 08 25.32499 05 34 31.94 -60 05 48.7                 EQ044C51
     K10Q02E  s2010 08 25.32499 1 + 2337.0054 + 2529.2844 - 5996.1012   EQ044C51
     K10Q02E  S2010 08 25.58960 05 34 49.46 -60 11 34.1                 EQ044C51
     K10Q02E  s2010 08 25.58960 1 + 2319.2360 + 2527.2776 - 6003.8006   EQ044C51
     K10Q02E  S2010 08 25.72190 05 34 58.21 -60 14 28.5                 EQ044C51
     K10Q02E  s2010 08 25.72190 1 + 2310.3631 + 2525.0429 - 6008.1473   EQ044C51
     K10Q02E  S2010 08 25.85421 05 35 06.95 -60 17 23.3                 EQ044C51
     K10Q02E  s2010 08 25.85421 1 + 2300.8014 + 2522.2470 - 6013.0174   EQ044C51
     K10Q02E  S2010 08 25.98651 05 35 15.70 -60 20 20.1                 EQ044C51
     K10Q02E  s2010 08 25.98651 1 + 2291.8037 + 2521.2960 - 6016.9353   EQ044C51
     K10Q02E  S2010 08 26.25099 05 35 33.13 -60 26 16.3                 EQ044C51
     K10Q02E  s2010 08 26.25099 1 + 2304.9457 + 2584.8885 - 5984.8043   EQ044C51
     K10Q02E  S2010 08 26.25112 05 35 33.07 -60 26 16.0                 EQ044C51
     K10Q02E  s2010 08 26.25112 1 + 2274.4871 + 2518.2123 - 6024.7439   EQ044C51
     K10Q02E  S2010 08 26.38343 05 35 41.81 -60 29 16.1                 EQ044C51
     K10Q02E  s2010 08 26.38343 1 + 2264.9140 + 2515.1363 - 6029.5589   EQ044C51
     K10Q02E QC2010 08 30.80478 05 40 26.10 -62 21 48.3          19.4 V EQ044E12
     K10Q02E QC2010 08 30.80799 05 40 26.27 -62 21 53.5          19.1 V EQ044E12
     K10Q02E QC2010 08 31.78971 05 41 28.07 -62 50 28.0          19.1 V EQ044E12
     K10Q02E QC2010 08 31.79360 05 41 28.34 -62 50 35.5          19.5 V EQ044E12

Observer details:
C51 WISE.  Measurers A. K. Mainzer, E. L. Wright, J. M. Bauer, T. Grav,
    J. W. Dailey, J. R. Masiero, R. M. Cutri, R. S. McMillan,
    R. G. Walker. (http://wise.ssl.berkeley.edu/mission_sci.html).
E12 Siding Spring Survey.  Observer R. H. McNaught.  0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt
    + CCD.

Orbital elements:
2010 QE2                                                 Earth MOID = 0.0573 AU
Epoch 2010 July 23.0 TT = JDT 2455400.5                 MPC
M 339.14308              (2000.0)            P               Q
n   0.20279337     Peri.   34.16509     +0.81618899     -0.57653389
a   2.8692400      Node     2.42701     +0.05878794     +0.01743321
e   0.6946030      Incl.   63.82082     +0.57478649     +0.81688724
P   4.86           H   17.4           G   0.15           U   9
Residuals in seconds of arc
100825 C51  0.1-  0.2+    100825 C51  0.1+  0.3-    100830 E12  0.1-  0.2+
100825 C51  0.2-  0.4+    100826 C51  0.3+  0.3-    100831 E12  0.2-  0.2+
100825 C51  0.2-  0.1-    100826 C51  0.1-  0.1+    100831 E12  0.2+  0.3-
100825 C51  0.1-  0.3-    100826 C51  0.3+  0.1-
100825 C51  0.1-  0.1+    100830 E12  0.0   0.1-

Ephemeris:
2010 QE2                 a,e,i = 2.87, 0.69, 64                  q = 0.8763
Date    TT    R. A. (2000) Decl.     Delta      r     Elong.  Phase     V
2010 09 01    05 41.67   -62 56.7    0.749    1.263    90.6    53.0    19.2
2010 09 11    05 52.11   -69 39.2    0.574    1.170    91.3    59.3    18.7
2010 09 21    06 13.80   -82 19.9    0.405    1.084    90.1    67.9    18.0
2010 10 01    17 41.57   -69 49.2    0.271    1.006    83.2    81.3    17.4
2010 10 11    17 49.26   -22 56.4    0.258    0.942    70.1    95.0    17.7
2010 10 21    17 48.07   +08 26.2    0.380    0.898    64.2    93.4    18.4
2010 10 31    17 43.34   +22 26.0    0.544    0.877    61.7    85.2    18.8
2010 11 10    17 36.84   +29 22.7    0.709    0.883    59.9    76.1    19.0
2010 11 20    17 29.90   +33 17.3    0.855    0.914    59.0    67.8    19.3
2010 11 30    17 23.45   +35 46.4    0.976    0.968    59.1    61.0    19.5

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